A boy’s courage – trust, struggle and survival in the face of HIV

April 28, 2026

Sameer* is a 16-year-old boy from Bihar. At 11, Sameer had already lost both parents to HIV and was losing faith that medicine could save him until a team of doctors and counsellors at MSF showed him that survival was...

India: Holding On and Letting Go: The Human Side of HIV Care

April 25, 2026

This poem was written by Kaushalya Kumari, a mental health counselor at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Advanced HIV Project in Patna, Bihar reflecting her experience with an 11-year-old patient. The young girl, who struggled with vision problems...

A Mother’s Courage: Living with HIV and Overcoming Family Rejection

April 24, 2026

My name is Nisha*, and I am 31 years old. I live in a large family with my two daughters and many relatives. Living with HIV has been a difficult journey, but it has also taught me a lot about...

Fareed’s Journey: A Story of Courage and Compassion

April 23, 2026

My father used to say, ‘If you can turn someone’s pain into laughter, if you can transform someone’s tears into happiness, you are doing a great deed.’ This has always stayed with me. That’s why I try to make people...

MSF wants to buy groundbreaking HIV prevention drug. Why won’t Gilead sell?

March 31, 2026

30 March 2026 - Today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent an open letter to the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences, calling on the company to immediately sell to MSF, lenacapavir, an HIV medicine that is one of the...

Rwanda: MSF welcomes the release of WHO guidelines for HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir

July 15, 2025

Kigali, Rwanda: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the release of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) HIV prevention guidelines for lenacapavir at the International AIDS Society Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Lenacapavir has the potential to transform the HIV prevention...

Uncertainty around PEPFAR program puts millions of people at risk

February 13, 2025

The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all other foreign aid for at least a 90-day period has had immediate effects on people living with HIV (PLHIV),...